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Vermont Affordable Housing Development Sets New Standard for Resilient, Zero-Energy Homes
The McKnight Lane Housing Development in Waltham, Vermont is doing what no affordable housing project has done before: It is offering rural, low-income tenants zero-energy, single-family housing that also includes resilient solar energy storage systems.
Read MoreEnergy Storage Is the Next Clean Energy Revolution
The next wave of America’s clean energy revolution is all about energy storage. A recent study from Massachusetts showed how states might lead the way.
Read MoreSterling, Massachusetts Breaks Ground on a Resilient Energy Storage System
The town of Sterling, Massachusetts will celebrate its Municipal Light Department’s new energy storage system with a groundbreaking ceremony next week.
Read MoreWith Steel in the Water, All Eyes Now Turned to the US Offshore Wind Market
Over 400 developers, marine industries, state and federal agency representatives, environmental advocates, state representatives, and manufacturing and supply chain companies gathered in Newport, Rhode Island earlier this week at the International Partners Forum.
Read MoreResilient Solar+Storage at Nature Center Improves Community and Economic Security
Solar+storage proved to be a win-win solution to meet Hartley Nature Center’s goals of providing backup power for a community emergency shelter, while also reducing electricity costs and providing public education.
Read MoreMassachusetts Goes All-In on Energy Storage
The next wave of clean energy policy making will be more focused on energy storage, as evidenced by the release this week of the long-awaited Massachusetts energy storage report, titled “State of Charge.”
Read MoreHow Solar Stakeholders in California are Making Plans for the Expansion of Clean Energy in Multifamily Affordable Housing
The Nonprofit Solar Stakeholders Coalition prepared a joint proposal to the California PUC calling for the adoption of an integrated energy strategy for low-income housing, combining energy efficiency, solar PV, and energy storage devices to reduce energy use and costs.
Read MoreOffshore Wind Power: Finally Made in the USA
This month, construction was completed on the nation’s first offshore wind farm, a 30 MW, five-turbine project located three miles off the Block Island shore.
Read MoreOffshore Wind Power on the Horizon for the Gulf of Maine
As you drive through the small, bucolic town of Orono, Maine to the University of Maine’s main campus, you would not initially expect to find a world-class research center dedicated to the development of innovative advanced structures and composite materials.
Read MoreEnergy Storage for Public Health: A Smarter Way to Deploy Resources
It is now time to consider another key benefit of storage—public health, especially the power of energy storage to reduce pollution in marginalized communities.
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